EP3620492B1 - Liquid crystal alignment agent composition, method for preparing liquid crystal alignment film using same, and liquid crystal alignment film and liquid crystal display using same - Google Patents

Liquid crystal alignment agent composition, method for preparing liquid crystal alignment film using same, and liquid crystal alignment film and liquid crystal display using same Download PDF

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EP3620492B1
EP3620492B1 EP19802656.9A EP19802656A EP3620492B1 EP 3620492 B1 EP3620492 B1 EP 3620492B1 EP 19802656 A EP19802656 A EP 19802656A EP 3620492 B1 EP3620492 B1 EP 3620492B1
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  • the present invention relates to a liquid crystal alignment agent composition capable of having a low discoloration property even during long-term storage and thus exhibiting excellent light transmittance when applied as a liquid crystal alignment film, and also capable of realizing improved alignment properties and electrical characteristics, a method for preparing a liquid crystal alignment film using the same, and a liquid crystal alignment film and a liquid crystal display using the same.
  • a rubbing method of coating a polymer film such as a polyimide onto a substrate such as glass or the like and rubbing a surface thereof using fibers such as nylon or polyester in a predetermined direction has been used.
  • the rubbing method may cause serious problems during a manufacturing process of the liquid crystal panel because fine dust or electrostatic discharge (ESD) occurs when the fiber and polymer film are rubbed.
  • ESD electrostatic discharge
  • a photo-alignment method for inducing anisotropy in a polymer film by light irradiation rather than the rubbing, and aligning liquid crystals using anisotropy has been studied recently.
  • a polyimide is mainly used for various superior performance of a liquid crystal alignment film.
  • the polyimide is usually poor in solubility in a solvent, and so it is difficult to apply directly to a manufacturing process of coating it in a solution state to form an alignment film.
  • one aspect of the invention provides a liquid crystal alignment agent composition including: a terminal modifier compound containing an amino group; and a polymer containing at least one repeating unit selected from the group consisting of a repeating unit represented by the following Chemical Formula 1, a repeating unit represented by the following Chemical Formula 2, and a repeating unit represented by the following Chemical Formula 3, in which an acid anhydride group is bonded to at least one terminal thereof wherein, in Chemical Formulas 1 to 3, at least one of R 1 and R 2 is an alkyl group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, the other is hydrogen, X 1 to X 3 are each independently a tetravalent organic group, and Y 1 to Y 3 are each independently a divalent organic group represented by the following Chemical Formula 4, wherein, in Chemical Formula 4, A is a Group 15 element, R 3 is one of hydrogen and an alkyl group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, a is an integer of 1 to 3, and one of Z 1 and Z 3 is nitrogen, the other is carbon, and Z 2
  • Another aspect of the invention provides a method for preparing a liquid crystal alignment film including the steps of: coating the liquid crystal alignment agent composition onto a substrate to form a coating film; drying the coating film; irradiating the dried coating film with light or rubbing the coating film to perform alignment treatment; and heat-treating and curing the alignment-treated coating film at a temperature of 180 °C to 300 °C.
  • liquid crystal alignment film which is produced according to the process for preparing the liquid crystal alignment film, and a liquid crystal display including the same.
  • liquid crystal alignment agent composition a liquid crystal alignment agent composition, a method for preparing a liquid crystal alignment film using the same, and a liquid crystal alignment film using the same according to the present invention will be described in more detail.
  • the present inventors found through experiments that as the terminal modifier compound containing an amino group is added to a polymer containing, as a main chain, at least one repeating unit selected from the group consisting of a polyamic acid repeating unit, a polyamic acid ester repeating unit, and a polyimide repeating unit in which an acid anhydride group is bonded to at least one terminal of the main chain, as in the liquid crystal alignment agent composition of the present invention described above, the acid anhydride group present at the main chain terminal of the polymer and the amino group of the terminal modifier compound react with each other to thereby modify the acid anhydride group, which is a reactive functional group at the main chain terminal, into an imide group, an amic acid group, or an amic acid ester group, thereby making it possible to have higher light transmittance in the liquid crystal alignment film obtained from the liquid crystal alignment agent composition than before the addition of the terminal modifier compound, and to realize more improved electrical reliability and alignment properties in a liquid crystal cell provided with a liquid crystal alignment film.
  • the present invention
  • substituted or unsubstituted means being unsubstituted or substituted with one or more substituents selected from the group consisting of deuterium; a halogen group; a cyano group; a nitro group; a hydroxyl group; a carbonyl group; an ester group; an imide group; an amide group; a primary amino group; a carboxy group; a sulfonic acid group; a sulfonamide group; a phosphine oxide group; an alkoxy group; an aryloxy group; an alkylthioxy group; an arylthioxy group; an alkylsulfoxy group; an arylsulfoxy group; a silyl group; a boron group; an alkyl group; a cycloalkyl group; an alkenyl group; an aryl group; an aralkyl group; an aralkenyl group; an alkylaryl
  • the substituent to which two or more substituents are linked may be a biphenyl group. That is, the biphenyl group may also be an aryl group, and may be interpreted as a substituent to which two phenyl groups are linked.
  • alkyl group examples include methyl, ethyl, propyl, n-propyl, isopropyl, butyl, n-butyl, isobutyl, tert-butyl, sec-butyl, 1-methyl-butyl, 1-ethylbutyl, pentyl, n-pentyl, isopentyl, neopentyl, tert-pentyl, hexyl, n-hexyl, 1-methylpentyl, 2-methylpentyl, 4-methyl-2-pentyl, 3,3-dimethylbutyl, 2-ethylbutyl, heptyl, n-heptyl, 1-methylhexyl, octyl, n-octyl, tert-octyl, 1-methylheptyl, 2-ethylhexyl, 2-propylpentyl, n-nonyl,
  • a cycloalkyl group is a monovalent functional group derived from a cycloalkane, which may be monocyclic or polycyclic.
  • the number of carbon atoms thereof is not particularly limited, but is 3 to 20. According to one embodiment, the number of carbon atoms of the cycloalkyl group is 3 to 10.
  • a heteroaryl group includes one or more atoms other than carbon, that is, one or more heteroatoms, and specifically, the heteroatom may include one or more atoms selected from the group consisting of O, N, Se, and S, and the like.
  • the number of carbon atoms thereof is not particularly limited, but is preferably 4 to 20, and the heteroaryl group may be monocyclic or polycyclic.
  • an arylene group is a divalent functional group derived from an arene, and the description of the aryl group as defined above can be applied, except that it is a bivalent functional group.
  • the arylene group may be a straight chain or a branched chain, and examples thereof may be a phenylene group, a biphenylene group, a terphenylene group, and the like.
  • the arylene group may be substituted or unsubstituted.
  • a heteroarylene group has 2 to 20 carbon atoms, 2 to 10 carbon atoms, or 6 to 20 carbon atoms.
  • the heteroarylene group is an arylene group containing O, N, or S as a heteroatom, and the description of the heteroaryl group as defined above can be applied, except that it is a bivalent functional group.
  • the heteroarylene group may be substituted or unsubstituted.
  • a nitrogen oxide is a compound in which a nitrogen atom and an oxygen atom are bonded, and the nitrogen oxide functional group means a functional group containing nitrogen oxide in the functional group.
  • the nitrogen oxide functional group include a nitro group (-NO 2 ) and the like.
  • the polymer includes one type of repeating unit represented by Chemical Formula 1, one type of repeating unit represented by Chemical Formula 2, one type of repeating unit represented by Chemical Formula 3, or a copolymer in which two or more types of these repeating units are mixed.
  • X 1 to X 3 are the same as or different from each other, and are each independently a tetravalent organic group.
  • the X 1 to X 3 may be a functional group derived from a tetracarboxylic acid anhydride compound which is used in the synthesis of a polyamic acid, a polyamic acid ester, or a polyimide.
  • the X 1 to X 3 may each independently be: an organic group of the following Chemical Formula 5-1 derived from pyromellitic dianhydride (PMDA); an organic group of the following Chemical Formula 5-2 derived from 3,3',4,4'-biphenyltetracarboxylic acid dianhydride (BPDA); an organic group represented by the following Chemical Formula 5-3 derived from 1,2,4,5-cyclohexanetetracarboxylic dianhydride (HPMDA); or an organic group of the following Chemical Formula 5-4 derived from 1,3-dimethyl-cyclobutane-1,2,3,4-tetracarboxylic acid dianhydride (DMCBDA).
  • PMDA pyromellitic dianhydride
  • BPDA 3,3',4,4'-biphenyltetracarboxylic acid dianhydride
  • HPMDA 1,2,4,5-cyclohexanetetracarboxylic dianhydride
  • DMCBDA 1,3-dimethyl-cycl
  • the Group 15 element may be nitrogen (N), phosphorus (P), arsenic (As), antimony (Sb), or bismuth (Bi).
  • the R 3 is a functional group which binds to the A and can be bonded to the A element by the number represented by a.
  • A may be nitrogen
  • R 3 may be hydrogen
  • a may be 1.
  • A, R 3 , a, Z 1 , Z 2 , Z 3 , and Z 4 described in Chemical Formulas 4-1, 4-2, and 4-3 include those described above in Chemical Formula 4.
  • the acid anhydride group bonded to at least one terminal of the polymer can react with an amino group of the terminal modifier compound to modify into an imide group, an amic acid group, or an amic acid ester group.
  • X 1 ' to X 3 ' may each independently be one of the tetravalent organic groups represented by Chemical Formula 5.
  • Y 1 ' to Y 3 ' may be the same as or different from each other, and may each independently be a divalent organic group.
  • the Y 1 ' to Y 3 ' may be a functional group derived from a diamine compound used in the synthesis of a polyamic acid, a polyamic acid ester, or a polyimide.
  • the Y 1 ' to Y 3 ' may be a divalent organic group represented by Chemical Formula 4.
  • R 1 ' and R 2 ' may be an alkyl having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, and the other may be hydrogen.
  • the second polymer When the second polymer is excessively reduced to less than 0.5 % by weight based on the entire liquid crystal alignment agent composition, the degree of modification of the polymer terminal is insignificant, and thus it is difficult to sufficiently realize improvement in light transmittance and electrical characteristics of the liquid crystal alignment agent composition. Also, if the second polymer is excessively increased to more than 40 % by weight based on the entire liquid crystal alignment agent composition, there is a limit in that the alignment properties and electrical characteristics inherent to the polymer are deteriorated.
  • the liquid crystal alignment agent composition of the present invention includes, in addition to the above-mentioned polymer, a terminal modifier compound containing an amino group, and the above-mentioned anhydride group at the terminal of the polymer can be effectively modified by the amino group contained in the terminal modifier compound. Therefore, when using a terminal modifier containing a functional group that is difficult to chemically react with an acid anhydride group at the terminal of the polymer, it is difficult to obtain a sufficient effect to realize the present invention.
  • a monoamine compound containing one amino group can be used as the terminal modifier compound.
  • a side reaction with a monomer (e.g., tetracarboxylic acid anhydride) of the polymer or the like proceeds, after the modification reaction with an acid anhydride group at the polymer terminal, and thereby, the viscosity of the liquid crystal alignment agent composition may increase, and problems resulting from printing errors may occur.
  • the terminal modifier compound represented by Chemical Formula 6 may be 1,3-aminophenol in which L 2 is a direct bond, L 3 is a phenylene group having 6 carbon atoms, and X is a hydroxy group. Further, the terminal modifier compound represented by Chemical Formula 6 may be an aniline in which L 2 is a direct bond, L 3 is a phenylene group having 6 carbon atoms, and X is hydrogen.
  • the terminal modifier compound containing an amino group may be used in an amount of 0.1 % to 20 % by weight, 1 % to 20 % by weight, 1 % to 10 % by weight, or 1 % to 5 % by weight, based on the total weight of the liquid crystal alignment agent composition.
  • content of the terminal modifier compound is excessively large, there is a limit in that the number of repeating units of the molecule is decreased and the alignment properties and electrical characteristics inherent to the polymer are deteriorated.
  • Another aspect of the invention provides a method for preparing a liquid crystal alignment film, including: a step of coating the liquid crystal alignment agent composition of the present invention onto a substrate to form a coating film (step 1); a step of drying the coating film (step 2); a step of irradiating the dried coating film with light or rubbing the coating film to perform alignment treatment (step 3); and a step of heat-treating and curing the alignment-treated coating film (step 4).
  • Step 1 is a step of coating the above-mentioned liquid crystal alignment agent composition onto a substrate to form a coating film.
  • the details of the liquid crystal alignment agent composition include those described above.
  • the method of coating the liquid crystal alignment agent composition onto a substrate is not particularly limited, and for example, a method such as screen printing, offset printing, flexographic printing, inkjet printing, and the like can be used.
  • the liquid crystal alignment agent composition may be dissolved or dispersed in an organic solvent.
  • organic solvent include N,N-dimethylformamide, N,N-dimethylacetamide, N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone, N-methylcaprolactam, 2-pyrrolidone, N-ethylpyrrolidone, N-vinylpyrrolidone, dimethylsulfoxide, tetramethylurea, pyridine, dimethyl sulfone, hexamethyl sulfoxide, ⁇ -butyrolactone, 3-methoxy-N,N-dimethylpropanamide, 3-ethoxy-N,N-dimethylpropanamide, 3-butoxy-N,N-dimethylpropanamide, 1,3-dimethyl-imidazolidinone, ethyl amyl ketone, methyl nonyl ketone, methyl ethyl ketone, methyl isoamyl ketone, methyl isopropy
  • Step 2 is a step of drying the coating film formed by coating the liquid crystal alignment agent composition onto a substrate.
  • the step of drying the coating film may be performed by a heating means such as a hot plate, a hot air circulating oven, an infrared oven, and the like, and the drying may be performed at a temperature of 50 °C to 150 °C, or 50 °C to 100°C.
  • a heating means such as a hot plate, a hot air circulating oven, an infrared oven, and the like, and the drying may be performed at a temperature of 50 °C to 150 °C, or 50 °C to 100°C.
  • polarized ultraviolet rays selected among ultraviolet rays subjected to polarization treatment by a method of passing through or reflecting by a polarizing device using a substrate in which a dielectric anisotropic material is coated onto the surface of a transparent substrate such as quartz glass, soda lime glass, soda lime-free glass, etc., a polarizer plate on which aluminum or metal wires are finely deposited, or a Brewster's polarizing device by the reflection of quartz glass, etc., are irradiated to perform the alignment treatment.
  • the polarized ultraviolet rays may be irradiated perpendicularly to the surface of the substrate, or may be irradiated by directing an angle of incidence at a specific angle. By this method, the alignment capability of the liquid crystal molecules is imparted to the coating film.
  • a method using a rubbing cloth may be employed. More specifically, in the rubbing treatment, the surface of the coating film after the drying step can be rubbed in one direction while rotating the rubbing roller in which a rubbing cloth is attached to a metal roller.
  • a liquid crystal alignment film prepared in accordance with the method for preparing a liquid crystal alignment film described above can be provided.
  • the liquid crystal alignment film includes an aligned cured product of the liquid crystal alignment agent composition of the present invention.
  • the aligned cured product means a material obtained through an alignment step and a curing step of the liquid crystal alignment agent composition of the present invention.
  • liquid crystal alignment agent composition including: a polymer containing at least one repeating unit selected from the group consisting of a repeating unit represented by Chemical Formula 1, a repeating unit represented by Chemical Formula 2, and a repeating unit represented by Chemical Formula 3, in which an acid anhydride group is bonded to at least one terminal thereof; and a terminal modifier compound containing an amino group is used, it is possible to produce a liquid crystal alignment film having high light transmittance, and excellent alignment properties and electrical characteristics.
  • the thickness of the liquid crystal alignment film is not particularly limited, but for example, it can be freely adjusted within the range of 0.001 ⁇ m to 100 ⁇ m. If the thickness of the liquid crystal alignment film increases or decreases by a specific value, the physical properties measured in the alignment film may also change by a certain value.
  • the liquid crystal alignment film may have a variation in viscosity of 10 cps or less, 5 cps or less, 3 cps or less, 0.1 cps to 10 cps, 0.1 cps to 5 cps, 0.1 cps to 3 cps, or 2.01 cps to 2.41 cps as measured according to the following Mathematical Equation 3.
  • the variation in viscosity of the liquid crystal alignment film may be a value measured with respect to a liquid crystal alignment film having a thickness of, for example, 0.01 ⁇ m to 10 ⁇ m, or 0.05 ⁇ m to 50 ⁇ m.
  • Variation in viscosity cps Viscosity of liquid crystal alignment film after storage for 30 days at room temperature ⁇ Viscosity of liquid crystal alignment film
  • Examples of the specific method of measuring the viscosity from Mathematical Equation 3 are not particularly limited, but for example, a method of measuring the amount of torque using a Brookfield viscometer with an RV-7 spindle at a temperature of 25 °C and a rotational speed of 0.5 rpm can be used.
  • the liquid crystal display may have an initial voltage holding ratio (VHR) of 90 % or more, or 90 % to 100 %, as measured under the conditions of 1 Hz and 60 °C using 6254C equipment available from TOYO Corporation.
  • VHR initial voltage holding ratio
  • the initial voltage holding ratio (V 0 ) is a voltage holding ratio measured with respect to the liquid crystal alignment cell under the conditions of 1 Hz and 60 °C using 6254C equipment (TOYO Corporation) as a measuring device.
  • the VHR after storage (V 1 ) is a voltage holding ratio measured at 1 Hz and 60 °C using the same equipment.
  • the diamine of Preparation Example 2 was prepared in the same manner as in Preparation Example 1, except that m- phenylenediamine (m-PDA) was used instead of the p-phenylenediamine (p-PDA, Compound 2).
  • m-PDA m- phenylenediamine
  • p-PDA p-phenylenediamine
  • the liquid crystal alignment agent composition obtained in (1) of Example 1 was spin-coated onto a rectangular glass substrate having a size of 2.5 cm ⁇ 2.7 cm, in which an ITO electrode having a thickness of 60 nm and an area of 1 cm ⁇ 1 cm was patterned. Then, the substrate coated with the liquid crystal alignment agent composition was placed and dried on a hot plate at 80 °C for 2 minutes. Subsequently, the dried coating film was irradiated with ultraviolet rays (254 nm) at a dose of 0.25 J/cm 2 using an exposure apparatus to which a linear polarizer was attached, to perform alignment treatment. Then, the alignment-treated film was calcinated (cured) in an oven at 230 °C for 15 minutes to prepare a liquid crystal alignment film having a thickness of 0.1 ⁇ m.
  • a liquid crystal alignment agent composition and a liquid crystal alignment film were prepared in the same manner as in Example 1, except that aniline was added instead of 1,3-aminophenol as the terminal modifier.
  • a liquid crystal alignment agent composition and a liquid crystal alignment film were prepared in the same manner as in Example 1, except that 5-(2,5-dioxotetrahydro-3-furanyl)-6-methylhexahydro-2-benzofuran-1,3-dione represented by the following Chemical Formula A was used instead of 1,3-aminophenol as the terminal modifier.
  • a specific method for producing a liquid crystal alignment cell was as follows.
  • the liquid crystal alignment films formed on the two glass substrates each used as the upper plate/lower plate were aligned such that they faced each other and the alignment directions were aligned with each other, and then the upper and lower plates were bonded together and cured with a sealing agent to prepare an empty space. Then, liquid crystal was injected into the empty cells, and the injection hole was sealed with a sealing agent to prepare a liquid crystal alignment cell.
  • the luminance fluctuation rate of the alignment cell obtained therefrom was less than 10 %, indicating excellent alignment stability; even during long-term storage, the rate of change of VHR was low from 1.5 % to 2.3 %, showing excellent electrical reliability; and even during long-term storage, the variation in transmittance of the alignment film was low from 0.3 % to 0.7 % and the variation in viscosity was also low from 2.01 cps to 2.41 cps, confirming that the reliability of the alignment film was excellent.

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